by Sara Moraca | Feb 10, 2025 | Environmental exposures, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Italian GBD Initiative, Maternal and developmental health
Diarrheal diseases continue to be a global health emergency, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Despite progress in reducing child mortality, the impact of diarrheal infections remains significant. According to 2021 data, these diseases caused 1.51...
by Sara Moraca | Nov 26, 2024 | Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Italian GBD Initiative, Maternal and developmental health, Uncategorized
The phenomenon of stillbirth, or birth without life, represents one of the most profound and least visible tragedies in global health. Every year, millions of families face the pain of losing a child in the womb, an event that affects them personally, familially and...
by Sara Moraca | Oct 21, 2024 | Cardiovascular disease, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Maternal and developmental health, Neurological diseases, Tumors
On a sunny day in Clearwater, Florida, more than a dozen people gathered in a United Way resource center parking lot, eager to receive free weekly meals offered by the 360 Eats food truck. This truck cooks dishes from food that would otherwise go to waste. That day,...
by Sara Moraca | Oct 11, 2024 | Cardiovascular disease, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Italian GBD Initiative, Maternal and developmental health, Neurological diseases, Tumors
Smoking is the leading behavioral risk factor for mortality globally, responsible for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4.30 billion years of life lost (YLL) from 1990 to 2021. The pace of decline in smoking prevalence has slowed in recent years for many...
by admin | Nov 29, 2022 | Maternal and developmental health
Through the analysis of data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study, we aimed to both provide prevalence and years lived with disabilities (YLDs) estimates for the diseases most represented in various age groups of the Italian population under the age of 20 in...
